| Show FOR pon FOOl roo The Tho oleomargarine bill bitt 1 passed by tho the House ot or alms at nt the iho suppression of or the lie onto Bale of ot that limit article under false colors eol rs It Imposes OoS n a tax tAt of ot 10 cents c n II pound upon oleomargarine when colored In Imitation ot or butter When not riot thus thua colored col red the time tax to 10 be petit paid Is l but of ot a n cent a pound In lii several states the tine taws laws prohibit thin th manufacture and sale of ot colored oleo oleomargarine oleomargarine margarine end ond kindred products but It seems Bems mH that tho the laws have be been n met Ineffective a is III long lon as os such audi products were legitimate articles Of Interstate com corn commerce merce meree Tit Time bill sets ta aside this obstacle to action by th tl Individual states stateR and places th tIme the substitute for lor butter under understate state control There rhe la Is of or course no ito reason renson why wh oleomargarine as nl such Buch should be thin th object of ot special Initiation If U It Is 18 pure It is la In la every respect toss low objectionable than much of the butter baltor hint finds Its Ita way to the tho market Hut nut It Is proper that time the fraudulent IU practice ot of coloring amid selling It as 11 butter buttor should receive attention If It that practice con cnn be lie stopped bV by b the tha Impo Imposition IllIon of or a II tax that tax tOo I it Jut just It If th the article is madu sold said 1 just for whit what It 1 10 iii I there therO II Is no reason for Ial taxation It lC prefer on account of its cheap cheaper er r piles or for tor r any reason 1011 they h uld not nut be made ml tt tb pay I UY nn lin extra quarter of or ofa orIl a Il to the for tor time the privilege liege of ot eatIng the time cheaper ch artIcle The Th point It Is to l limo tho public agaInst fraud And wj e presume such protection lion Ion ron con b be had Imd only by b making It a criminal offense to sell 11 Imitations under also names amass Hut But Iowa food adulteration should take a mush wider rouse ramp than bait th dairy products It WM Was shown hown n a few SW years ago Ag at itt It t pure food tOOl congress In Iii Washington that our food fOOt bill 1 amounts J to In the neighborhood ot of five billion dollar that about tivo l to per pel cent of t till thIs Is I paid 14 for tor worth I ISis IMS It tuft stuff unsuitable for tr human tool I That 1 Is 16 to wy ill the American annually one hundred humOred million dollars for to worthies lenta mixed 1 with their food toed and 1100 10 JO pet pt cent of this thU joe i iea e to tc pay for tor poisonous dangerous id to life lite and health Dr tr analyst o otho ot of tho the Now York atatu Hoard of Health IB la authority for lor time the statement that bat o ot ct articles of at diet lit In common use us it Ii Iii every Iet hOU 25 are moro more or o less leu les adulterated These figures oven If only approximately n correct a 11 good Idea of ot the time of ot tho thio fraud that thai In dally daIly perpetrated rind they thoy no count to extent for many ot of the tho and amid diseases s of ot which hu humanity tu Inanity manity In I the tho victim have an arm undoubted right rj I to rot eat whatever they please Hut they th y also have n a I right to know what thoy receive when whon they nl asic and pay for or a I Io certain o product If It they thy are willing to I oat lIat ground soapstone tone with hOle th ll flour arid use lisa olive oil made of cotton aCed K It they timS no objection to pipe clay elny In theIr vermicelli or sand nand In ha their sugar mustard husks anti and red clay in tutu unit so 80 on there la i 1 noth n th hag IBB to tny seny about It Hut lint if It It Is IR i wheat hour flour that Is lit asked for tor And much of ot it itIs itin Is in ground peas peal rice Hoc and soapstone for tor tIm tho price of ot wheat Hour Il hr is la the tho fraud Is IR apparent rent There Is ii n wide white field for lor legislative notion If It one la is to be taxed x ll whon when colored to Imitate haUnts tho genuine other articles be similarly taxed tAud I The Thu If Ie soc cor correct OI reel should bo bl extended over en on n tiro Held I |
